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Why do you say "Spring rain is as expensive as oil"?

Because autumn and winter before spring are often the season of water shortage, the crops that are wintering are the most thirsty at this time. If there is rain at this time, it is of great significance to alleviate the spring drought, improve crops and accelerate crop growth, which will naturally be particularly precious.

This is actually from Jie Jin, a famous politician and writer in Ming Dynasty. It is said that Jie Jin fell down on a wet rainy day when he was a child and laughed all over the street. So Jie Jin casually wrote a jingle: "Spring rain is as expensive as oil, and it flows all over the street.

Fall to school and laugh to death a herd of cows. "Let a person laugh at him cut. It should be noted that very young Jie Jin has a huge belly. " Spring rain is as expensive as oil "is actually the application of the Buddhist classic" Legend of Jingdezhen Lantern "in the Song Dynasty. However, replacing "slippery" with "expensive" shows the joy and cuteness of spring rain, and the emotional color has changed, which can be described as turning stone into gold. This veritable limerick also makes the phrase "Spring rain is as expensive as oil" come into people's daily life.